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Nestlé PH recovers plastic waste equivalent to its plastic packaging in August, will continue moving forward
In January 2019, food and beverage manufacturer Nestlé globally articulated its broader vision for a waste-free future, that none of its packaging, including plastics, ends up in landfills and oceans, or as litter. Today, ...
- September 4, 2020
DENR accepting applications for protected areas permit
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is ready to accept applications for permit for protected areas as the indefinite suspension for its issuance has been lifted after seven years. Special Use Agreement ...
- May 10, 2018
Declare part of PH Rise ‘no take zone,’ Duterte urged
Environmental groups on Thursday called on the government to exercise jurisdiction over the Philippine Rise by declaring part of it, the 17,000-hectare Benham Bank, as a “no-take” zone, where fishing and other human activity ...
- February 16, 2018
Killing watersheds, killing life
The simplest, most graphic and perhaps the most eloquent argument against open pit mining is found, not in the voluminous academic dissertations where arguments encompass the spectrum from bludgeoned biodiversity and ravaged ...
- March 14, 2017
PEMSEA presents solutions to rid rivers of plastic waste for Earth Day
To celebrate Earth Day 2022, Pemsea (Partnerships in Environmental Management for the Seas of East Asia) released a set of studies to help manage plastic waste entering the world's rivers. The five studies were launched ...
- April 21, 2022
What is a watershed?
If our country is practically a system of prominent watersheds totaling 421 in all, we need to know how to use the watershed properly and not merely say, for instance, that some mines should be closed because they are ...
- April 11, 2017
Two Philippine destinations voted ‘world’s best islands’
Two of the country’s hottest tourist destinations made it to this year’s list of “15 Best Islands of the World” of New York-based magazine Travel+Leisure. Palawan ranked sixth with a score of 90.04. The island, which is a ...
- July 15, 2018
Managing protected areas through PPP
The Department of Environment and Natural Resources (DENR) is ready to accept applications for Special-Use Agreement in Protected Areas (Sapa) after Environment Secretary Roy A. Cimatu recently announced the lifting of ...
- May 21, 2018
How stewardship can address pressing environmental issues
This is where the “face” of environmental stewardship should come out, that is, taking care of the environment because of the concern for all the living, especially our fellow human beings. This is not to say that climate ...
- July 27, 2018
Rising sea levels threaten 13.6 M Pinoys - Gore
At least 13.6 million Filipinos living in coastal areas may have to relocate to higher ground due to the accelerating rise in sea levels brought by climate change. This was the warning of environmental advocate and former ...
- March 15, 2016